Play England

Who we are

Play England campaigns for all children and young people to have freedom and space to play throughout childhood.

Our vision is for England to be a country where everybody can fully enjoy their right to play throughout their childhood and teenage years, as set out in the 
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 31 and the Charter for Children’s Play.

To achieve this vision, we aim to ensure that:

• All children and young people have the freedom — time, space, permission and opportunity — to play throughout their childhood and teenage years; 
• All residential neighbourhoods are child-friendly places where children and young people can regularly play outside; and
• Everyone is aware of the importance of play — outdoors and indoors — as part of children and young people’s daily lives.

We work with national partners and other organisations with shared aims to raise awareness about the importance of play. We lobby government to make fundamental policy changes to protect and promote play, and encourage everyone who has an impact on the lives of children and young people to recognise and plan for children’s play.